Which to use
“alimentée” and “alimentés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,841
- “alimentée” frequency rank
- #28,821
- “alimentés” frequency rank
- 50662
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alimentée | alimentés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe alimenter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe alimenter. |
Same sound, different letters: alimentée vs alimentés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. alimentée (VCVCVCCVV) and alimentés (VCVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - alimentée / alimentés
This is the hard kind. alimentée and alimentés are pronounced identically (\a.li.mɑ̃.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “alimentée” becomes s in “alimentés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50662, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alimentée is recorded at frequency rank #21,841, classified as averb, pronounced \a.li.mɑ̃.te\. alimentés is at rank #28,821, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.li.mɑ̃.te\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 50662, this pair ranks #160,904 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alimentée vs alimentés
Shared letters: aeilmnté. Private to "alimentée": -. Private to "alimentés": s.
"alimentée" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVV · "alimentés" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "alimentée" and "alimentés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "alimentée" or "alimentés" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "alimentée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alimentés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #160,904 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alimentée" and "alimentés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aliénés vs alimentés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #160,904 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.